However swiftly it passes, youth is always with us, a perpetual passing phase, an apprenticeship to the myriad ways of the world, subject of panegyrics and diatribes, romances and cautionary tales from antiquity to our day. This two-volume history is the first to present a comprehensive account of what youth has been in the West and what it has meant through the ages. Brought t...(展开全部)

However swiftly it passes, youth is always with us, a perpetual passing phase, an apprenticeship to the myriad ways of the world, subject of panegyrics and diatribes, romances and cautionary tales from antiquity to our day. This two-volume history is the first to present a comprehensive account of what youth has been in the West and what it has meant through the ages. Brought t...(展开全部)

Books and other texts have not always been read in the way that we read them today. The modern practice of reading--privately, silently, with the eyes alone--is only one way of reading, which for many centuries existed alongside other forms. In the ancient world, in the Middle Ages, and as late as the seventeenth century, many texts were written for the voice. They were address...(展开全部)

This path--breaking study will become the standard work on the history of reading in the West. It will be indispensable to students of cultural history, and to all those who want a fresh perspective on the history of books and their uses. * Wide--ranging and authoritative account of the changing practices of reading from the ancient world to the present day. * An international...(展开全部)

This path-breaking study will become the standard work on the history of reading in the West. It will be indispensable to students of cultural history, and to all those who want a fresh perspective on the history of books and their uses. Wide-ranging and authoritative account of the changing practices of reading from the ancient world to the present day. An international t...(展开全部)

Books and other texts have not always been read in the way that we read them today. The modern practice of reading--privately, silently, with the eyes alone--is only one way of reading, which for many centuries existed alongside other forms. In the ancient world, in the Middle Ages, and as late as the seventeenth century, many texts were written for the voice. They were address...(展开全部)

保罗•约翰逊，我们这个时代最著名的历史学者之一，入选美国《时代》杂志2000年一百大人物。1928年出生于英国兰开夏，牛津大学麦格德林学院毕业。他曾是一名激进的左翼人士，任《新政治家》编辑，但后来在撒切尔夫人的影响下思想右转，并成为支持英国政治保守主义的著名知识分子代表。 他撰写了一大批具有里程碑意义的历史著作，涵盖历史、哲学及宗教等领域，包括《论知识分子》、《犹太人史》、《当代》、《美国人的历史》、《英国人的历史》、《艺术：一段新历史》等。他定期为全球最著名的报纸及杂志写稿，包括英国《每日电讯报》、《纽约时报》、《华尔街日报》，现为《观察家报》、《每日邮报》的专栏作家。

保罗•约翰逊，我们这个时代最著名的历史学者之一，入选美国《时代》杂志2000年一百大人物。1928年出生于英国兰开夏，牛津大学麦格德林学院毕业。他曾是一名激进的左翼人士，任《新政治家》编辑，但后来在撒切尔夫人的影响下思想右转，并成为支持英国政治保守主义的著名知识分子代表。 他撰写了一大批具有里程碑意义的历史著作，涵盖历史、哲学及宗教等领域，包括《论知识分子》、《犹太人史》、《当代》、《美国人的历史》、《英国人的历史》、《艺术：一段新历史》等。他定期为全球最著名的报纸及杂志写稿，包括英国《每日电讯报》、《纽约时报》、《华尔街日报》，现为《观察家报》、《每日邮报》的专栏作家。

"The creation of the United States of America is the greatest of all human adventures," begins Paul Johnson's remarkable new American history. "No other national story holds such tremendous lessons, for the American people themselves and for the rest of mankind." Johnson's history is a reinterpretation of American history from the first settlements to the Clinton administration...(展开全部)